Sounds to me like Stinky may have realized the economy is repairing itself, without additional government interference, just in time for the TEA Party to take credit for it.
And they should...
Ever since the day they were elected, primitives have been chanting 'Where are the jobs ?' as directed by their fallen hero Kweef - now that the market is rising, and there is some indication of changing employment numbers, the primitives want to run from the fire they ignited. Live by the sword, die by the sword.